Gate-hinge



(Model) I. L. LANDIS.

GATE HINGE.

Patented June 6, 188% UNITED STATES PATENT O FIC V ISRAEL L. LANDISf OFLANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

GATE- HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,176, dated June 6,1882.

Application filed March 20, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL L. LANDIs, of Lancaster, in the county ofLancaster, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Gate- Hinges; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification. w v

- This invention relates to certain improvements in gate-hinges; audithas for its object to provide a hinge that may be readily applied to anordinary gate that is already in use, when required, and adjusted andfastened thereon so that it will hang and swing properly, and changed,if required, as more fully hereinafter specified. These objects I attainbythe means. and devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- 7 Figure 1- represents a perspective view of my improvement, andFigs. 2 and 3 similar views of modifications thereof.

The letter A indicates one of the Wings of my hinge, which isconstructed of a strip of metal bent so as to form an eye, B, to setupon the pintle of an ordinary or other hinge secured to the gate-post.The said wing is pro.- vided with lips O, which are formed by bendin gthe metal or otherwise, so as to grasp the edges of a batten, 1), whichmay be beveled at the edges, as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings,rabbeted, as indicated in Fig. 2, left plain, as indicated in Fig. 3, orotherwise formed, as may prove convenient. V

The letter E indicates a wedge, which is inserted between the batten andwing, and which serves to clamp the wing securely to the batten. Thesaid wedge may be driven between the face of the batten and the wing orbetween the edge of the batten and wing of the hinge, Figs. 1 and 2showing it between the face vand wing, and Fig. 2 between the edge andwing. i

The hinge is designed to be secured at any convenient point on thebatten of agate by nails or otherwise in such position that the wingwill be in about the proper place reset over the pintle. not beaccurately attached, the wedge allows the wing to he slipped along itsedges and secured, so as to adjust the gate perfectly.

It will be perceived that as constructed my improved device will permita gate to be hung very readily without rendering necessary skilledlabor, rendering it an easy matter to repair an old gate or set a newone. This wing may be wholly or partially cast, instead of being made of.bent metal, as before mentioned.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,-

is- A hinge leaf .or wing consisting of a flat plate, or strip of metal,having an eye adapted to set over the pintle of the opposite leaf, and

two grasping-pieces, c 0, extending at about righeangles to the leafproper and turned inwardly to grasp the batten, substantially asspecified.-

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in

presence of two witnesses, this 17th day of March, 1882. v

' ISRAEL L. LANDIS.

Witnesses:

- W. T. JOHNSON,

J. J. MCCARTHY.

Should the batten, howeverpgok

